Eysus
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Pyrénées-Atlantiques | |
| Arrondissement | Oloron-Sainte-Marie | |
| Canton | Oloron-Sainte-Marie-1 | |
| Community association | Haut Bearn | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 8 ′ N , 0 ° 35 ′ W | |
| height | 236-416 m | |
| surface | 6.72 km 2 | |
| Residents | 645 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 96 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 64400 | |
| INSEE code | 64224 | |
 Bridge over the Ourteau in the center of Eysus |
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Eysus is a French municipality with 645 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Pyrénées-Atlantiques in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2016: Aquitaine ). It belongs to the Arrondissement of Oloron-Sainte-Marie and the Canton of Oloron-Sainte-Marie-1 (until 2015: Canton of Oloron-Sainte-Marie-Est ).
The inhabitants are called Eysusiens and Eysusiennes .
geography
Eysus is located approx. 10 km south and thus in the catchment area of Oloron-Sainte-Marie in the historical province of Béarn .
The place is surrounded by the neighboring communities:
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Eysus lies in the catchment area of the Adour River on the right bank of the Gave d'Aspe . Two of its tributaries, the Ourtau and the Arrigouli, flow into the Gave in the municipality's territory.
history
The discovery of a polished ax attests a settlement in the Neolithic Age , the discovery of a coin one in the time of the Visigoth Empire .
In a census in 1385, 24 households in Eysus were counted and it was noted that the village belongs to the Bailliage of Oloron.
The municipality is located on the Way of St. James to Santiago de Compostela in the section between Oloron and the Col du Somport .
Toponyms and mentions of Eysus were:
- Villa quœ vocatur Isuici (1077, according to Pierre de Marcas book Histoire de Béarn ),
- Ezus (13th century, for d'Oloron , 14th century manuscript ),
- Esus (1251, copy book of the Diocese of Oloron ) and
- Eyssus , Eizus , Aisuus and Aïsus (1538, 1544, 1589 and 1675, manuscript collection from the 16th to 18th centuries).
Population development
After the population peaked at 1273 in the first half of the 19th century, the number fell by a total of around three quarters during brief phases of recovery up to the 1950s. Since then it has increased again and has since doubled.
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2009 | 2017 |
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| Residents | 358 | 347 | 483 | 572 | 562 | 612 | 617 | 697 | 645 |
Attractions
- Parish church dedicated to the apostle Simon Peter . The original church was built in the Romanesque style in the 13th century. The blasted gable above the entrance on the south side dates from this era. It was rebuilt in the 16th and 17th centuries, enlarged and restored in the 19th century. In 1812 the new bells were cast, and in 1899 it was decided to replace the tower clock . In 1836 the niches were painted as trompe-l'œil , the stained glass windows are works by Mauméjean stained glass from Pau from 1879. Today's long building houses a main nave with two aisles and is closed off with a flat apse . The church furnishings are comparatively colorful. Nothing remains of the altarpieces from the 16th century. The church has a side altar made of marble , wood paneling , a large main altar in the chancel , a pulpit , a chandelier with twelve arms. In the left aisle there is a baptismal font from the 17th century.
- Manor house from the Bois Labory. The castle may have been built under Gaston II , known as the Brave (le Preux), Count of Foix and Viscount of Béarn. Today only a ruined tower is left of the former residence of the landlords of Eysus. This has a height of approx. 6 m and a diameter of approx. 10 m, whereby the total height of the building is unknown.
Economy and Infrastructure
Eysus is located in the AOC area of Ossau-Iraty , a traditionally made semi-hard cheese made from sheep's milk.
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education
Eysus has a public primary school.
sport and freetime
The long-distance hiking trail GR 653 from Toulouse to Jaca , which corresponds to a section of the Via Tolosana , the southernmost of the four Way of St. James, leads through the town center.
traffic
The municipality is connected to Routes départementales 238, 338 and 638.
Line 63 of the TER Aquitaine , a regional train of the national SNCF , serves the route from Pau to Bedous via Oloron-Sainte-Marie, which is now part of the Pau-Canfranc railway line . The railroad crosses the municipality without a stop.
Personalities
Jean Pierre Saurine , born on March 11, 1733 in Eysus, died on May 8, 1813 in Sulz in the Alsatian department of Haut-Rhin , was a French cleric and politician during the French Revolution .
Web links
- Eysus on the website of the Tourist Office of the Association of Municipalities (French)
- Eysus on the website of the association of municipalities (French)
- Website of the canton tourist office (French)
- Website of the AOP Ossau-Iraty association (French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Pyrénées-Atlantiques Gentile ( fr ) habitant.fr. Retrieved May 25, 2017.
- ↑ Ma commune: Eysus ( fr ) Système d'Information sur l'Eau du Bassin Adour Garonne. Retrieved May 25, 2017.
- ↑ a b Regional Council of Aquitaine: Eysus ( fr ) Visites en Aquitaine. Archived from the original on September 13, 2016. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved May 25, 2017.
- ^ A b Paul Raymond: Dictionnaire topographique du département des Basses-Pyrénées ( fr ) In: Dictionnaire topographique de la France . Imprimerie nationale. P. 64, 1863. Retrieved May 25, 2017.
- ^ Notice Communale Eysus ( fr ) EHESS . Retrieved May 25, 2017.
- ↑ Populations légales 2014 Commune d'Eysus (64224) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved May 25, 2017.
- ↑ Conseil régional d'Aquitaine: Église Saint-Pierre ( fr ) Visites en Aquitaine. Archived from the original on August 3, 2017. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved May 25, 2017.
- ↑ église paroissiale Saint-Pierre ( fr ) Ministry of Culture and Communication . Retrieved May 25, 2017.
- ^ Conseil regional d'Aquitaine: Manoir du Bois Labory ( fr ) Visites en Aquitaine. Retrieved on May 25, 2017. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité ( fr ) Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité . Retrieved May 25, 2017.
- ↑ Caractéristiques des établissements en 2014 Commune d'Eysus (64224) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved on May 25, 2017. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ École élémentaire ( fr ) National Ministry of Education. Retrieved May 25, 2017.
- ↑ GR® 653 - Sentier vers Saint-Jacques-de-Compostelle: Toulouse - Jaca ( fr ) Comité départemental de la Randonnée pédestre des Pyrénées-Atlantiques (CDRP 64). Retrieved May 25, 2017.
